Tellas (Cagliari, 1985) has grown up in Sardinian’s harsh lands. From these places began his artistic research: his works are a personal and intimate vision of the elements of the surrounding natural landscapes, a meditative process that combines space and shapes which characterize his work. The medium by which he expresses his style are the most different: drawings, paintings, installations, prints, videos, confirming the desire to experiment and develop different languages. In 2014 the Huffington Post US listed him as one of the 25 most interesting street artists worldwide; in 2015 Tellas was featured in The Urban Contemporary Art Guide, edited by the important Graffiti Art Magazine, selected among the 100 best emerging artists of the year worldwide.

His participations to international festivals are countless, among these Artmosphere, the first Street Art Biennale in Moscow in 2014 (with 70 international artists) and La Tour Paris Project, in 2013, considered one of the most innovative contemporary art projects worldwide. In 2015 he realized a huge public work in Cagliari, the Capital of Italian Culture for that year, while in 2016 he makes major public interventions in Madrid, Spain and Albany and Perth in Australia. Significant also the collaborations with some historical Italian fashion brands, including Salvatore Ferragamo and Marni. With the last one, Tellas created in two different periods videos and projects, also presented at the 56th Venice Biennale. In the end, the projects in collaboration with other artists are various, including Martina Merlini, with which creates Asylum, a work in progress that explores the microcosm of birds and from which originates several exhibitions. With Roberto Ciredz, however, after being selected for an artistic residency in Brazil, Tellas develops many public murals and installations in Sergipe, which were recorded into the documentary “A grande terra do Sertão”.

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Tellas (Cagliari, 1985) nasce e cresce nelle aspre terre sarde. Da questi luoghi inizia la sua ricerca artistica: le sue opere sono una visione personale e intima degli elementi dei paesaggi naturali che lo circondano, un processo meditativo e pittorico che unisce lo spazio e le forme che caratterizzano il suo lavoro. Le modalità tramite cui esprime il proprio stile sono le più differenti: disegno, pittura, installazioni, stampa, produzioni audio-video, a conferma della volontà di sperimentare e sviluppare linguaggi differenti.

Nel 2014 l’Huffington Post USA lo inserisce nei 25 street artists più interessanti del mondo; nel 2015 per The Urban Contemporary Art Guide, a cura del noto Graffiti Art Magazine, Tellas entra a far parte della classifica dei 100 migliori artisti emergenti dell’anno a livello mondiale. Le sue partecipazioni a festival internazionali sono innumerevoli, tra le altre si ricordano Artmosphere, prima Biennale di Street Art tenutasi a Mosca nel 2014 (70 artisti internazionali) e La Tour Paris Project, 2013, considerato uno dei progetti più innovativi di arte contemporanea di tutto il mondo. Di rilievo sono anche le collaborazioni con alcuni brand storici di moda italiana, tra cui Ferragamo e Marni.